July, 2023

Protect Yourself from Mosquito Bites & Malaria

Florida has seen a rise in malaria rates in recent weeks. Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that can cause symptoms like extreme sickness, fever, chills, nausea, body aches and headache. Malaria is spread by mosquito bites, and not from person-to-person contact. Watson Clinic encourages everyone to protect themselves by remaining vigilant against mosquito bites. Here are some steps you can take to avoid interactions with mosquitos: Spray yourself with mosquito repellent when necessary. Cover y...

Back to school? Prepare your kids with these 5 steps

Are your kids prepared for the new school year? Are you? While kids need to prepare emotionally and mentally for getting into the back-to-school routine, parents need to get ready on many fronts too. Here's a handy checklist of preparations to tackle before school starts. Get up-to-date on vaccinations and sports physicals. It all starts with an annual check-up performed by our team of expert pediatricians . These exams inform you if your child's health and development are progressing as they sh...

Urgent Care Nurse Goes Above and Beyond

An elderly gentleman had been hit by a car a month earlier. When he pulled up to Watson Clinic Urgent Care Main in an Uber, he was disheveled, tattered, and in desperate need of medical attention. Luckily, licensed practical nurse Dawn Lash-Bazemore was there to lend a hand. "He kept saying over and over again that he didn’t want to be a burden," Dawn recalled. But once he was seated in the lobby, Dawn could see he need immediate assistance. After the car accident, the man had received car...

Protect yourself from ticks

When you're heading outside, take a moment to prepare for ticks. Ticks will hitch rides on animals and humans. A tick bite can lead to illness, including Lyme disease. How to avoid ticks and bites • Don't walk through high grasses, brushy areas or fallen leaves. Stay on the center of trails. • Go outdoors often? Treat your clothing with a tick repellant that has permethrin. That way you don't have to put a bug repellent like DEET on your skin. • Check your clothing for ticks wh...

Health problems after menopause

Life after menopause differs from the years before it in some ways. One obvious change is that you won't have to manage menstrual periods anymore. Less obvious: Some health risks can rise for women, partly due to the lower levels of estrogen hormones that exist after menopause. Health risks to watch for include: Heart disease. Before menopause, women generally have a lower risk of heart disease than men do. After menopause, as the protective effect of estrogen which may help keep cor...

Make water your first choice

Feeling thirsty? How about a glass of cool, refreshing water? When it comes to beverage options, your first choice should be water. Why is that? Water is a great alternative to sweetened drinks, such as certain soft drinks, sweet tea, sports drinks and energy drinks. Sugar-sweetened beverages tend to pack a lot of calories but few or no nutrients. Health experts call these empty calories , and there can be a lot of them in just one drink. Take one 12-ounce can of regular soda. It can contain as ...